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cluf-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
cluf-wyrt, e; f.

buttercupbatrachion = βατράχιον, ranunculus acris

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The herb buttercup; batrachion = βατράχιον, ranunculus acris, Lin Ðeós wyrt ðe man batrachion, and óðrum naman clufwyrt nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum landum and on feldum: heó biþ feáwum leáfum and þynnum this herb which is called batrachion and by

Linked entry: clof-wurt

mægden-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-ǽw, e; f.

Marriage with a virgin

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Marriage with a virgin Ðæt biþ rihtlíc líf ðæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde óþ ðæt hé on rihtre mǽdenǽwe gewífige and hæbbe ða syððan and nǽnige óðre ða hwíle ðe seó libbe that is right life, that a young man remain a bachelor until in lawful matrimony

ge-wítendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wítendlíc, adj.

Transitorytransitorius

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Ðis lǽnelíce líf and ðis gewítendlíce this poor and transitory life, Blickl. Homl. 73, 9. Yrfenuma to wítendlícum ǽhtum heir to transitory possessions, Homl. Th. i. 56, 13

ge-hwyrftnian

(v.)

to tear

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His æfterfolgeras hit siððan totugon and totǽron ðam gelícost ðonne seó leó bringaþ his hungregum hwelpum hwæt to etanne hý ðonne gecýdaþ on ðam ǽte hwylc heora mǽst mæg gehwyrftnian his successors afterwards rent and tore it most like to when the lion

wénunga

(adv.)
Grammar
wénunga, (wéninga); adv.

Perhapshaplyby chance

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Lind. 11, 13: Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 13. Woenunge Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 2 : forsitan, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 46. Woeninga Ps. Surt. 123, 4: 138, 11

Linked entries: wéning weninga

embehtsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
embehtsumnes, -nis, -niss, e; f.

A compliance, kind attention obsĕquium

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Lind. War. 16, 2

in-drincan

(v.)
Grammar
in-drincan, p. -dranc

To imbibedrink

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Lind. 2, 10

Linked entries: on-drincan in-drencan

scía

(n.)
Grammar
scía, an; m.
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Lind. 19, 31-33

stóc-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc-wíc, es ; n.
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Lit. 200, 34

wann-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
wann-fýr, es; n.
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Lurid fire Wonfýres wælm, se swearta líg lurid fire's glow, the dark flame, Exon. Th. 60, 7; Cri. 966

Linked entry: wan-fýr

sǽtnian

(v.)
Grammar
sǽtnian, ode

To lie in wait for

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To lie in wait for (with gen. ) Ðá wǽron ðǽr Sarocine gesamnode, ðæt hig sǽtnodan manna, Shrn. 37, 34

Linked entries: sǽtian sǽtnere

sand-hof

(n.)

a house in the sand, the grave

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a house in the sand, the grave Líc orsáwle sceal in sondhofe wunian, Exon. Th. 173, 31; Gú. 1169

gyrdels

(n.)
Grammar
gyrdels, es; m.

A girdle

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Lind. Rush. 3, 4, 10, 9: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 1, 6: 6, 8 Rtl. 79, 7. Gelíc gyrdelse sicut zona, Ps. Th. 108, 19; Exon. 113 b; Th. 436, 21; Rä. 55, 4: 114 a; Th. 436, 34; Rä. 55, 11

Linked entry: gyrdel

tó-worpness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-worpness, -wyrpness, e;

dispersiona throwing outejection

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Lind. 7, 35. a throwing out, ejection, v. tó-weorpan, IV. Salde him mæhte gémnisse tó untrymnissum and tóworpnisse (-wyrpnise, Lind.) diówla dedit illis potestatem curandi infirmitates et eiciendi daemonia, Mk. Skt. Rush. 3, 15. [O. H.

Linked entries: -worpness tó-wyrpness

a-hénan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hénan, p. de; pp. ed

To humbleabasetread down or under foothumiliarecalcare

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Lind. War. 21, 24

cwoellan

(v.)

to kill necare, interficere

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Lind. War. 5, 18

morþor-slagu

(n.)
Grammar
morþor-slagu, (?), e; f.

Murderhomicide

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Lind. 7, 21

pínere

(n.)
Grammar
pínere, es; m.
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Lind. 18, 34: Germ. 399, 265

blód-reów

(adj.)
Grammar
blód-reów, adj.

Sanguinarysanguinolentus

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Sanguinary; sanguinolentus Breóst-hord blódreów a sanguinary heart [lit. breast-hoard or treasure ], Beo. Th. 3442; B. 1719

Linked entry: reów

ge-eggian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-eggian, p. ede

To egg onurgeexcite

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Lind. 15, 11

Linked entry: eggian